Multiple candle



April 9, '1 940. c. TURNER MULTIPLE CANDLE Filed April 1, 1939 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 9, 1940. c. TURNER MULTIPLE CANDLE Filed April 1. 1939 2 Sheets-$heet 2 //7 ve/7f0r Patented Apr. 9, 1940;

("U T D TAT MULTIPLE CANDLE 1 Cameron Turner, Beverly, Mass.

1- Application April .151 9 claims.

This invention relates to candles and consists in an improved candle of multiple construction presenting novel and ornamental characteristics in itself and ad 5 number of flames in a manner no known. v

The candle of my invention has in its structure an integral body presenting a trunk portion with diverging branches an running through these portions. may be embodied in candles of many different forms. Reduced to .its lowest terms it comprises a candle having diverging wick-containing branches springing from a common point of in-' tersection. The Wlck'in both branches maybe ignited and will burnwith two separate flames down to the point ofv intersection and when this is reached the two flames become a single flame. The candlemay include in an integral-body a series of trunk portions each with diverging arms. and is thus adapted to burn at one level with flames in each branch and at a lower level with i only one half the number of flames. If desired the branch'portions may be shaped to converge to a second or higher point of intersection and to enclose an opening or openings of ornamental contour, Broadly any candle 5 portions enclo arating so as apted to burn with a varying t heretofore speaking. my invention contemplates tructure presenting trunk and branch sing wicks and merging'and septo burn progressively with a variable number of flames. The elements of the candle may be arranged horizontally in a straight line or upon a curve or a circle or in any desired angular figure according ,to the use for which the candle'is desired, and hereagain I contemplate a wide field including candles for ecclesiastical uses, table or interior decoration, illumina-' tion for birthday cakes, and other uses where special shapes or contour may be appropriate.

These and other features of the invention will. be best understood and appreciated from the following description of several preferred embodiments thereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings in which: j

Fig. l is a View inzelevation of a candle hav ing six trunk portions arranged in a straight line,

Figs. 2 and suggesting curved and angular arr the elements of the candle,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view 0 candle bases, and

o 3 are plan views, partly in sectlon,

angements of f one of the d e wick or wicks, i My invention angularly disp 939, Serial No. 265,469

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a circular candle.

The candle shown in Fig. 1 comprises an in-' tegral body-including six parallel spaced trunk. portions l0 each of which merges into a branch 5 or a pair, of diverging branches H curved'and intersecting; at the points I2 ina pattern suggesting a; series of pointed arches. The branches cross over or again diverge above the points of intersection H2 in intermediate branch portions i3 and these portions again converge to forma series of six tip portions M each located syrnmetrically above one of the trunk portions l9 intersecting or branching as the case may be wherever the candle changes from trunk to branch portions or where the branch portions intersect. The candle as a whole may be supported in any desired manner, but as herein shown single candle sticks Ill are providedlone for each'of' the trunk portions Ill.

While'the candle shown in Fig. 1 represents merely one embodiment of my invention and gmay contain asmany or few sections as de- .sired, attention is. called to the general ornamem,

tal and decorative'eiiect secured in the illustrated embodiment of the invention. The pointed arch and diamond opening effect are particularly appropriate in candles for use in buildings of a gothic' style ofarchitecture.

In addition to this pleasant ornamental effect the construction is useful in a novel function; that is to say, in providing a variable number of flames as it burns down. When first lighted the candle of Fig. 1 presents a row of six flame-s. When it has burned down into the sections l3 it presents a row of ten flames,.and this number is diminished to five at the level of the points of intersection 12 Below this point the candle again presents a rowrof ten flames and when the trunk portions are reached it presents a row of six flames.

The trunk portions in are shown in Fig. 5 as disposed in a single straight line, but if desired they may be arranged upon a curved holder IS in the circumference of a circle or other curve, as shown in Fig. 2, or upon a holder l9 having osed portions as shown in Fig. 3. Moreover, the lower ends of the trunk portions may be solid, or they may be recessed as suggested in Fig. 4 in order to save material. I

The candle of Fig. 1 may be constructed in any manner known to the candle-making art. For example, one-half may be molded at a time, the wicks laid in place and the two halves united by the application of heat and pressure, or the candle sections may be extruded simultaneously enclosing the wick or a partially enclosed wick and then shaped andunited at the points of in:

tersecting at the tip and at each point 22 where the branches cross. Y

The branches are mounted upon a circular holder 24 and together comprise an annular ring having twelve points of initial ignition and burn ing with twelve separate flames when first lighted. As the candle burns down it will burn with a series of twenty-four flameswhile the wicks in the branches 2! are burning, and then when the level of the intersecting points 22 is reached, it

will again present twelve flames, and below that point a series of twenty-four separate flames.

In order to color the flames the wicks may be impregnated with any suitable chemical salt or surrounding with a wax or parafiin mixture containing such salts. In general calcium or lithium salts impart a red color to the flame, sodium a yellow and caesium a blue color thereto. wicks may be uniformly treated with suchcolorproducing salts or they may be treated with different salts in differentparts of their length. For example, the wicks in the branch portions may be treated with a sodium salt and the wicks in the. trunk portions with a calcium salt, so that when the number of flames changes their color also changes.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A candle having an integral body presenting a series of trunk portions each with diverging branches intersecting above the trunk portions, and a wick in each trunk portion which extends into said branches.

, ing trunk and branch The 2. A candle having an integral body presenting a series of spaced trunk portions each with branches intersecting above the trunk portions,

the said branches diverging upwardly above their verging wick-enclosing branches merging and separating to present a variable number of effective wicks as the candle burns down.

5. A multiple candle having a series of wickcontaining branches arranged in curved annular contour and merging and separating to present a variable number of effective wicks as the candle burns down.

i 6. A multiple candle having an integral body including straight trunk portions and diverging branches inclined with respect to said trunk portions, and intersecting at points intermediate between the trunkportions,andwicks in the trunk portions extending into' each of said branches.

7. A candle having an integral body includportions enclosing wicks, the branch portionscrossing and separating so that the candle as a whole will burn progressively with a variable number offlames.

f8. Amultiple candle having'vertical trunk portions and branches inclined with respect to the trunk portions and intersecting each other at points equi-distant from the .trunk portion, and wicks contained withinsaid trunk portion and branch portion and intersecting in said branch portions.

9. A multiple candle having a plurality of sections inclined substantially to the vertical and intersecting each other at spaced points, and wicks contained within said sections and interseating where the sections themselves intersect.

CANLERON TURNER. 

